Also, when many NGOs have become government-funded organizations (GFOs), this is one indicator that corruption has become pervasive. So-called non-governments have become part of government, pasimple lang.
A friend from UP, JB Baylon, has posted several comments and ideas in his facebook wall about the issue. I like his status updates, made from August 7-10, today, so I asked his permission to blog them, below. Thanks JB. Those in parenthesis are my translation.
1. (Pork barrel) Don't you think this issue more than
anything else is what we as a nation should focus on? If true, it reveals the
ROT that goes to the very core of our political system, and could very well
explain why no Filipino believes that with diligence and hard work and by
following the rules he will succeed on the merits.
Where are those civil society folks who were "brave" enough to face Marcos, Erap and Gloria? Why is there only silence now? Is is it because their friends are involved and they don't want to hurt or embarrass their friends by speaking up?
Is it because even they are involved???
And then we still complain why things never change in this country?
Buti na lang we can divert our attention and just cheer for Gilas Pilipinas....never mind if the whole country is rotting from the inside.
Where are those civil society folks who were "brave" enough to face Marcos, Erap and Gloria? Why is there only silence now? Is is it because their friends are involved and they don't want to hurt or embarrass their friends by speaking up?
Is it because even they are involved???
And then we still complain why things never change in this country?
Buti na lang we can divert our attention and just cheer for Gilas Pilipinas....never mind if the whole country is rotting from the inside.
2. As citizens we should rejoice at this Napoles issue and
ensure that it is played out in full and to the bittersweet end. How the
administration handles it will be the ultimate test of the Daang Matuwid
advocacy.
3. Why should poor we -- the "Boss" -- when we are
sick, go to a PUBLIC HOSPITAL like PGH that is straining at the seams, its
staff working overtime with over-used equipment housed in a 100-year old
structure, while our "Servants" , when they are sick or claiming to
be sick check into super-modern PRIVATE HOSPITALS? Don't you see something
wrong in this equation??? And the SERVANTS pocket the priority development
fund??? No wonder they abolished the death penalty....
4. Nasaan na yung socialite at yung mga kakampi niya na
grabe tumira sa mga mining firms? Bakit tahimik sila sa pork barrel??? Ok lang
ba magnakaw ng pork pero di okay ang pagmimina? O dahil ba mga kaibigan ninyo
ang kasabwat? Ang galing ng network ninyo manggisa ng mga minero, pero tahimik
kayo sa magnanakaw na mga kabarkada ninyo?
(Where’s that socialist and her allies who are rabid
critics of mining firms? Why are they silent on pork barrel? Is it ok to steal
but not ok to mine? Or your friends are linked to it? Your network are good at
frying the mining firms but are silent on your friends' stealing?)
5. Nasaan na rin yung mga akala kong idealistic na mga
kabataan, na nagmamartsa laban sa China, sa America, sa Apeco, sa mining atbp?
Bakit kayo tahimik sa pagnanakaw ng pork? Nakakabingi ang katahimikan na
nanggagaling sa inyo....
(Where are the idealistic youth, marching against China,
US, Apeco, mining, etc? Why are you silent on pork robbery? Your silence is
defeaning.)
6. Nasaan na ang Simbahan? Bakit walang pastoral letter sa
pork? Ay, teka, bakit ba ako nagtataka....naaambunan ba sila sa pagbubulsa ng
pork?
(Where is the Church? Why is there no pastoral letter on
pork? Or they received portions of the pork?)
7. Yung Fertilizer Fund Scam, P700+ Million ang
pinag-uusapan. Etong Pork Barrel Fund Scam, P10 Billion ang
pinag-uusapan....Nasaan na yung mga nagmarcha laban sa Fertilizer Fund Scam? Di
na ba maka marcha kasi puno ng pork barrel ang bulsa? Tanong tanong lang pag
may time.
(Where are those who marched against Fertilizer fund
scam? You cannot march because your pockets are full of pork?)
8. Yung snatcher sa Quiapo, narurub-out ng pulisya. Yung
snatcher ng pork, narurub-out ang ebidensiya! Repeat after me: Pork Para sa
Masa, Hindi Para sa Bulsa!
(A snatcher in Quiapo can be rubbed out by the police.
The snatcher of pork, they can rub out the evidence. Pork for the masses, not
for the pockets.)
9. Ang lalakas mag protesta na ang pagmimina daw ay
pagnanakaw sa sambayanan!!! Ang lalakas magprotesta laban sa aggression ng
America o ng China!! Tapos tahimik sa pagnanakaw ng pork??? May balato ba kasi
sila??? O selective ang idealism nila? Nagkaka-alamanan na ang tunay na kulay
ng ilang mga "crusading" mediamen, socialites, religious leaders,
civl society, student leaders atbp! The deafening silence reveals the true
nature of your "idealism"!
(They protest loud against mining, against US or China
aggression. Then silent on the pork robbery? Do they get a share? Or they have selective
idealism?)
10. Nasaan na yung mga kabataan na nung halalan ng 2010 at
2013 ay nagsisisigaw ng Pagbabago? Bakit umiksi yata ang dila ninyo at hindi
kayo maka-sigaw tungkol sa pagnanakaw ng pork? Puno ba ng lechon kawali ang mga
bibig ninyo? At ang ibig sabihin ba ng pagbabago ay "kami naman"????
(Where are the youth who, during the 2010 and 2013
elections were shouting for change? Have your tongue suddenly got short and you
can’t shout against pork robbery? Are your mouth full of lechon kawali? And
change means “our turn”?)
11. Bantayan natin ang mga media outlets: ABS-CBN, GMA, ABC,
Inquirer, Star, atbp. At tignan natin kung sino ang tahimik tungkol sa
pagnanakaw ng pork at kung sino ang may tibay ng paninindigan na mangungulit
para sa bayan. Mayroon sigurong ibang matatapalan - pero siguardo ako na may
mga iilan na hindi nila kakayaning bilhin.
(Watch the media outlets. See who among them are silent
on pork and who have the principled stand.)
12. Kung noon: "The Filipino is worth dying for",
ano na kaya ngayon?
Choose one:
a) "Para Que Estamos en Poder"
b) "The pork is worth dying for"
c) "Moderate the Greed"
d) "Everybody cheats (steals) anyway"
Choose one:
a) "Para Que Estamos en Poder"
b) "The pork is worth dying for"
c) "Moderate the Greed"
d) "Everybody cheats (steals) anyway"
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See also:
Welfarism 15: Abolishing Pork Barrel, February 04, 2012 Pork Barrel: The Janet Napoles - Legislators' Scam, August 04, 2013
Pork Barrel 2: Napoles, Legislature and Executive Branches Corruption, August 05, 2013
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